SPS OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION Ten persons arrested during demonstrations in the occupied city of El Aaiun          09.10.06

 

 

El Aaiun (occupied territories), 09/10/2006 (SPS) The Moroccan forces of occupation arrested ten Saharawi youngsters during demonstrations that took place on Sunday night in the occupied city of El Aaiun advocating the "immediate" withdrawal of the Moroccan occupation from the Western Sahara, concordant sources indicated.

 

These arrests also intervene, according to the same sources, as a reaction by the Moroccan authorities to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report in which it affirmed that the self-determination is a "fundamental right" of the Saharawi people. Who must exercise it "without further delays".

 

Demonstrators lifted the Saharawi Republic’ flags and chanted slogans advocating the Saharawi people’s right to their inalienable right to self-determination and independence before they were dispersed "savagely" by the Moroccan repressive police, the same source added.

 

The Moroccan forces of occupation arrested the Saharawi citizens, Mohamed Boubidi, Mohamed Soudani, Youssef Soueyih, Bachir Yara, Abdessamad Bchayer, Zdeidatt Boujemaa, Feissal Housseini, Mahfoudh Mohamed Salem, Boussaoula Mohamed Salem, Boussaoula Laroussi and Hrayem Mohamed.

 

On another hand, the Saharawi political prisoners in the Moroccan local prisons in Inzegan, Ait Melloul, Kenitra and Tiznit deounced, in a press release they issued, the Moroccan refusal to authorise a European Parliament’s ad-hoc delegation to visit Morocco and Western Sahara as it was agreed upon and planed for last Thursday.

 

They further condemned this act which aims at hiding the gross human rights violations committed by the Moroccan State against the Saharawi defenceless civilians in the occupied territories of the Western Sahara and in the south of Morocco. (SPS)

 

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SPS OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/UN/HUMAN RIGHTS/MEDIAS UNHCHR’s repport proves Morocco’s implication in human rights violations in the Western Sahara

 

 

London, 09/10/2006 (SPS) Polisario Front’s Representative, Sidi Mohamed Omar, affirmed on Sunday that the Moroccan "unhappiness" with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the Western Sahara is due to the fat that the document proves and "reports a part of the gross human rights violations" in the occupied Western Sahara and blames Rabat for its denial of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.

       

In a statement to the TV programme "Panorama", broadcasted from London by the Arabic Channel « Arabia » (financed by the Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), the Saharawi official indicated that the aforementioned report, which was elaborated by an ad-hoc mission that visited the occupied territories, Morocco and the Saharawi refugee camps last May 2006, and has noted the sufferings of the Saharawi people in the occupied territories.

       

The Saharawi official underlined that the ad hoc mission was unable to report on all the human rights violations committed by the Moroccan occupation because of the security pressures and constraints, the report mentioned.

       

The report, the Saharawi diplomat adds, is composed of four main points. The first confirm, with proves, the implication of the Moroccan Government in the gross human rights violations, mainly violations against the freedom of expression, association as well as against other fundamental rights.

        

The second point underlined that the Moroccan denial of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination is the real reason of all other violations this same people is suffering under occupation.

       

The report calls on the international community to help the Saharawi people to fully enjoy their inalienable and non-negotiable right to self-determination, without any kind of pressures.

       

The fourth and last point the Saharawi diplomat pointed out, is the recommendation, by the authors of the report, of the establishment of a mechanism of control and protection of the human rights in the occupied territories of the Western Sahara. (SPS)

 

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